Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas

What a fascinating book about the scientist who first successfully observed the entire life cycle of a jellyfish in captivity!

I learned a lot reading this book, and was not familiar with Maude Delap until now. Her dedication and contribution to science is incredible, especially given the time period she lived in.

This book had beautiful pictures and was very engaging while being informative. A nice balance to have in a non fiction picture book. I will need to get my hands on a hard copy when it is published!

Thank you to NetGalley and Charlesbridge for providing me with a copy of this book to review.

This is a fantastic introduction to both a little-known scientist who made a big impact, and to the life cycle of the compass jellyfish. I'd never heard of Maude Delap before reading this, so I enjoyed the little snippets of her life that made it in to the text alongside her scientific discoveries. The author's note adds to this, providing historical context which highlights just how much Maude was going against the grain. How cool!

The illustrations and diary format are well suited to the text, and there is a small selection of further reading provided in the back matter.

I have been fascinated with jelly fish. They are beautiful creatures. when I saw this book I immediately requested it to learn more. It was very informative and interesting. This book had beautiful pictures and was very engaging while being informative. A nice balance to have in a non fiction picture book

A picture book that tells the story of Maude Delap who researched jellyfish in the late 1800s. I enjoyed this story! I also really liked the illustrations here. This would be great for all kids, but especially those interested in marine life.

A quite enjoyable and educational story. Art felt very fitting for the time period of the subject. And a fascinating subject. Always glad to see more books to add to my library's collection.

Thank you so much to Charlesbridge and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

This was really fascinating, I personally hadn’t heard of Maude Delap but as soon as I saw this book I knew I had to give it a read. What an incredible woman and so ahead of her time. I really enjoyed learning all about the cycle of the jellyfish and how she did her experiments.

Maude was a really interesting woman, she lived in a time where you were two things a mother or a teacher but she broke that mold and was a scientist, a marine scientist and studied the life cycle of the jellyfish, finding many different types and observing them from larve to medusa.

I love learning about woman of history that have done so much, contributed so much and set a wonderful example to so many other young girls out there. This book does just that, not only do you learn all about her job which was really interesting all on its own, but to learn about her also is wonderful.

The illustrations throughout were also really incredible to look at, so very detailed and beautiful. This is a a great book especially for any budding scientist but also a great read in general you’ll learn so much from it.

Having recently read about Maude Delap in another book, I was happy to see that there is a picture book dedicated to her important work.
Coupled with curious artwork, this is an empowering book about this important scientist.

Beautiful illustrations and solid writing. This would not be ideal for younger children as it might be a little confusing. This is definitely educational and would be fun to supplement a storytime with this on a table for patrons to check out, but the way it is written would not be conducive to a storytime-like event. Really lovely illustrations and it even taught me some new things about jellyfish and who Maude Delap was!

Learn about Maude Delap and her observation and discoveries about jellyfish. In this book we learn about the life cycle of the jellyfish and how Maude goes about observing one species of jellyfish over a year. A beautifully illustrated book with more details about the Maude's life at the end of the book. Suitable for public libraries or for incorporation into classes looking at the life cycle of ocean animals.